Do I need a new HSF for e8400?

[bball1523]

Do I need a new HSF for e8400? I will not be overclocking. Will my temperatures be fine with the stock HSF?

 

[PolymerTim]

Yes, I'm pretty sure the stock HSF will be fine. They made them a little smaller for the 45nm chips like yours, but thats because they run so cool already. You could probably even do a minor OC with it. Alternatively, you could keep the same speed and play around with undervolting to run even cooler.

 

[nyker96]

probably not but I'd still get a aftermarket just to better protect your investment.

 

[BlueWeasel]

Originally posted by: bball1523
Do I need a new HSF for e8400? I will not be overclocking. Will my temperatures be fine with the stock HSF?

Yes, the stock heatsink will be fine for the E8400 running at stock speeds and voltage. Don't waste the money for an aftermarket HS if you don't plan on overclocking.

 

[harpoon84]

Originally posted by: nyker96
probably not but I'd still get a aftermarket just to better protect your investment.

What are you talking about? At stock speeds, the E8400 doesn't need any extra 'protection'. It barely consumes 30W under full load, even that dinky little Intel HSF will be more than capable of keeping temps well under control.

 

[bball1523]

If I were to buy the arctic cooling freezer 7 pro, would it make a big difference?

Also, I have had an AMD 64 3200 with stock HSF, and it hasn't been that hot, and doesn't heat up my room, will the e8400 be at least the same as my AMD chip or even better at not being hot and heating up the room?

 

[BlueWeasel]

The AC7 is certainly better than the stock heatsink, but just isn't worth it if you aren't OCing. I think I recall from the Xbitlab review that the E8400 running at full load using the stock heatsink hit only 45-50C.

The E8400 most definitely uses less power and produces less heat than your A64 3200+.

If keeping it cool is important, be sure to enable C1E and EIST in the BIOS. This will lower the multiplier and voltage when idle, further reducing the heat output.

 

[Doclife]

Originally posted by: bball1523
If I were to buy the arctic cooling freezer 7 pro, would it make a big difference?

Also, I have had an AMD 64 3200 with stock HSF, and it hasn't been that hot, and doesn't heat up my room, will the e8400 be at least the same as my AMD chip or even better at not being hot and heating up the room?

Your E8400 CPU will definitely run cooler than the AMD 64 3200. There is absolutely no need to buy an aftermarket cooler if you don't overclock. The stock cooler is more than adequate for stock speed and mild OC. The stock cooler will also cool other components around your CPU (mosfets, northbridge chip etc..) since its fan is blowing down.

 

[Slugbait]

Reminds me of the time when I bought a Northwood 1.6A, and I asked my wife's cousin if the stock HSF should be replaced to hit 2.4G.

I asked him simply because he's an HSF engineer at Intel...he told me that my 1.6A came with the same HSF they were bundling with their (then current) top-of-the-line 2.4G processors. Had a smile on his face when he said it, too.

Yeah, it was fine. And it still is...that proc and HSF is in my wife's machine now, currently clocked at 2.2G (her case's airflow isn't good enough for stable 2.4G...)

 

[Zenoth]

You'll be fine, the stock HSF is alright even if you over-clock it by a small extent (in the range of 3.40Ghz or so). And it isn't loud at all (just enable the fan controls in the BIOS and it won't always spin at 100%).

 

[bball1523]

sounds great! Thanks for the advice.